Primary intrinsic brainstem oligodendroglioma in an adult: Case report and review of the literature

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1165-1169

  Alvarez, Jaime A ^a   Cohen, Mark L ^a   Hlavin, Mary Louise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

brain tumor; brainstem neoplasm; leptomeningeal dissemination; oligodendroglioma; stereotactic biopsy

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; DEXAMETHASONE; PROCARBAZINE; VINCRISTINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIPLOPIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LEPTOMENINX; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; METASTASIS; NAUSEA; OLIGODENDROGLIOMA; PARESTHESIA; PONS; POSTERIOR CRANIAL FOSSA TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; VOMITING; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0029907008     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1996.85.6.1165     Document Type: Article

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